Ken Stanford

Gainesville State College and Georgia Gwinnett College are two of five public colleges in Georgia that achieved double-digit increases in enrollment between 2007 and 2008.

A South Hall car fire that left one man with serious burns early Tuesday morning is being considered suspicious by fire investigators.

The woman who oversaw this year's elections in Hall County - for the first time in her career - says she was so consumed in getting ready for the big day and the voting leading up to Election Day that she dreamed about the election "three or four times a week."

A Vietnam War veteran whose education was interrupted by his military service received his high school diploma Monday night in a Veterans Day eve ceremony.

A Mississippi murder suspect arrested in Gainesville early Monday reportedly had a friend in Gainesville.

The woman who oversaw this year's elections in Hall County - for the first time in her career - says she was so consumed in getting ready for the big day and the voting leading up to Election Day that she dreamed about the election "three or four times a week."

A state audit of Georgia's transportation department found that the agency used flawed accounting procedures when assessing its budget.

State Rep. Doug Collins of Gainesville, on active duty in Iraq, was allowed to vote by proxy Monday when the state House Republican caucus met to select the House speaker for the next two years.

The Georgia Department of Transportation is planning a major upgrade to several traffic lights on the major east-west artery through Gainesville.

Georgia House Speaker Glenn Richardson has survived a challenge for his gavel.